ALL i wAnt for CHRiSTMAS iS yOu

this was my first christmas away from home (i'm a lame little 26 year old girl, i know).  rich and i went to utah for christmas, and i'm not gonna lie...i did get homesick for my crazy family and watching home alone almost made me cry.  however, when you comfort me with spending endless time with themosthandsomehottiesmartkindmanlybeasthusband, family and friends, endless powdery snow, watching how the grinch stole christmas for my first time, beautiful mountains, a croft christmas shin-dig, staying at the peruvian lodge with the best husband ever, boarding at snowbird, seeing les miserables, the warnick walmart party and sleepover, delicious cafe rio, my grandma's christmas talent show and listening to michael buble's christmas cd on repeat on the 22 hour drive home, THEN my christmas away from home instantly turned into a magical christmas which i will never forget. 
merry christmas!

this is what rich did for 22 hours...

this is what rich did after those 22 hours... (preciousness)

yay we made it to mapleton! :)

they look hot!

more hotties!

super hotties!

try making this face...

it is kinda hard to create...

we win! :)

this pretty girl made that awesome hat!

this crazy talented artist painted that plate!

snowmen forever!

MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW!

hot tub time!

we wanna be ski bums. fact.

yes please!

we are mean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rich and the children

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

rich and i found some ridiculously awesome sweaters and gold tights at savers.  naturally, since no one we knew was having an ugly sweater party, we threw our own.  aside from puma being in heat and hammy definitely "noticing" her fertility status and the fire alarms going off right before the party, everything was as great as being under the mistletoe with my honey.  happy holidays! :)

rich wore gold tights.  if you ask me, it was the best outfit ever.  ;) i think erin agreed too because she took some fabulous shots of rich.  (i could not find my camera, so erin, being amazing as usual, had her awesome new camera and captured many great moments.  thanks erin love). 

i don't look as awesome in them as rich...but a boy in tights is always more awesome ;)

katie and steve found some gem sweaters too.  we just need to get them and everyone else in gold tights next year. ;)

hyrum and kristin murdoch are too cool

reid and erin...looking hot like it is their job

romeo and juliet ;)

lee and hanna being adorable

hottest men in chicago

work it boys! ;)

i love them all

boob grab...

poor, violated erin

haha!

true love

these girls are gorgeous inside and out!

hammy "noticing" puma (SOOO AWKWARD!)

kristin: "hyrum make him stop!" boys: can't stop laughing.  janelle: "rich go put puma in our room" boys: laughing uncontrollably and taking pics....oh dear! puma is getting spayed after the holidays. stat!

Gracias. Dank. 感謝. Merci. Takk.

thanks is such a great word.  i need to use it more often.   i am thankful for turkey, green bean casserole, yams and apples, amy's home made rolls, pie, pie and more pie!  i am also thankful for my husband, friends and family.  they make my world so magical.  thanksgiving in minnesota was awesome, as usual.

seeing twilight with amy and her girly girls=best way to start of the holidays! thank you edward....

rich got us vikings' shirts.  SKOL!

...Becca Boo and Puma Poo...

 

 

xoxo

photo shoot

my handsome man in his hot shirt that he hates and i love.  i should probably just get him blue or purple shirts only, but i can't resist....

tushy's little man!

i got to spend thanks day with my biggest lover of all time! thank you world. 

thank you destiny.

thank you life.

mike got the honor of witnessing our incredibly gorgeous photo shoot.  i'm sure it brings back fond memories for him.  :)

....oh dear...

YEAAAA!

one for the kids.

one for chad.

i love you gramma.

i love my dad too. and puma. 

BFFS.  becca:  "mom, i never wanna let daniel go"

tom looks smug because he thinks his galaxy phone is better than my iphone....poor guy. :p

bowling after thanksgiving = fabulous tradition

kristy and i with the bowling machine.  jess rocked it up.  i swear she got like 300.

takin' pics in church.  SHHH!

missy d and me after church.  i love and miss my minnesota mormons so much!

Tribute to Jetta

i would like to share with you someone who has given me great joy, my car, jetta.  jetta was a beautiful, fun, safe, comfortable and authentic automobile.  however, in keeping up with her authenticity, jetta was also impractical.  jetta was a diva.  she demanded to be high class and worked only with premium gasoline, imported german parts and special german tools.  despite her impracticality, jetta and i had a magical life together.

jetta and i met when i was eighteen.  my dad helped me find and buy her.  he will miss the vw rockstar too.  jetta took me all over, from san diego, california to kennebunkport, maine.  she had no limits.  in fact, me owning a gorgeous german ride is why rich married me.  fact: during our first conversation, after learning that rich served a mission in germany, i promptly told him that my car was german (wink-wink).  after discovering our serendipitous crazy commonality, rich knew he had to have this girl and the german jetta in his life too, so he married me and branded both of us with his name.  i owe my new title and unborn children to her.  sadly, this black beauty and i ended our relationship when her ABS and check engine lights made her fail the state emissions test.  i do not blame her though.  i blame the mechanic who would not fix everything for free.  i now own a honda accord that can never fill the void she has left in my life.  maybe someday a black caymen porsche will make that void more tolerable...but for now, i can only say thanks for the love and life she gave.

the beautiful black vw legend in real life

our final moments

i will never forget you, jetta